Quotes About Acumen

Genius is the talent for seeing things straight.

If you ask me about Donna Lynne, she's one of the flat-out most talented people I've ever worked with, and I've worked with some pretty talented people.

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

Brains are the only things worth having in this world

Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.' After

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.

The other guys did not feel the need to understand themselves that in me was so compelling: they could carry out their personality with the greatest naturalness, while I had to play a part, and this required a considerable acumen and study

An intellectual is a person who acquired the knowledge and knows where and how to use it.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to find it.

Knowledge is not intelligence.

To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.

To have knowledge and to know are two different things, and one is possible without the other.

Wit does not take the place of knowledge.

Material wealth do not last forever, but that which probably lasts forever is the wealth of intelligence and creativity.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

There is a difference between people who are educated and people who are smart.

Always desire to learn something useful

There are different kinds of cleverness, Sara.

Cleverness and wisdom are not inevitable yoke-fellows.

Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.

Did I tell you I have a reputation for brains?